So Wilkinson noticed where the cracks were appearing in his concrete floor slabs and he had an ... Interviewer: Right, so he invented reinforced concrete. Dr. Phil Pannell: He did back in 1853 ...

In the study "Textile reinforced concrete members subjected ... emissions by up to 65% compared to a traditional solid concrete floor. A textile reinforcement mesh consists of yarns, where each ...

With concrete the most utilized construction ... less concrete and 90 percent less steel than conventional reinforced concrete floor slabs - further reducing construction's carbon emissions ...

Reinforced concrete is the miracle material which made possible so many of the twentieth century’s most iconic structures, but here in this century its environmental footprint makes it something ...

Mark Miodownik puts the properties of reinforced concrete to the test. He watches as a beam of concrete withstands a load of 2.5 tonnes. Even though cracks are present in the lower portion of the ...